The accompanying figure was taken in the Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, from plants raised in 1835 from seeds 

 presented by Dr. Royle. They sustained without injury the 

 rigour of the winter of 1837-8. 



As it has not yet fruited I am unable to state whether 

 the skin of its seed is membranous or succulent, or whether 

 the seed itself is flat or round. 



